Trestle or container for receiving manufactured cigarettes



April 28, I925.

E.- Koannag TRESTLE OB CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING MANUFACTURED CIGARETTESFiled Jun 21 5 Sheets-Sheet' 1 Apt-i128, 192i5.

E. KOERNER TRESTLE OR CONTAINER F'ile' d Ju ne' 21, 1924 R RECEIVINGMANUFACTURED GIGAREI'TES 5 Sheets-Sheet' 2 April 28, 1925. v

I E. KOERNER.

' I' RESTLE OR CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING MANUFACTURED CIQARETTES FiledJune 21, 1924 5 SheetsShet 3 April 28, I925. 1,535,784

E. KCERNER TRESTLE 0R CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING MANUFACTURED CIGARETTESFiled June 21 1924 s Sheets-Sheet 4 Fly. 14.

April 28, 1925. 1,535,784-

E. KOERNE-R TRES'TLE OR CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING MANUFACTURED CIGARETTESFiled June 21,. 924 l 5 Shets-Sheet' 5 Patented Apr. .28, 1925.

. MTED "YATES siaisi PATENT OFFICE.

EWALD KOERNER, F DRESDEN, GERMANY, ASSIG-NOR TO UNITED CIGARETTE MA-CHINE COMPANY, INC., 0]? LYNCHBUEG,

GINIA.

VIRGINIA, A. CORPORATION OF VIR- 'TB ESTLEDB .CO'NTAINERFOR RECEIVINGMANUFACTURED CIGARETTES.

Application filed June 2-1, 1924. Serial No, 721,508.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EWALD Koniiivnina subject of thcGerinan Republic,and resident of Ni". 37,

Free State of Saxony, Gern'ian Republic, haveinvented a new. and usefulImprovenientin Trestles or Containers for Receiw ing; ManufacturedCigarettes, of which the 1 following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object a filling-device. forcigarette-machines ar ranged with a cigarette-trestle or container movedalong for receiving the cigarettes .inann lactured. The novelty of saidfillingdevice consists. mainly in that the trestle or container ispositively moved along in interruptions in, accordance with thethickness 01 the cigarettes to be manufactured .and in such a mannerthat the cigarettes are inserted or supplied in series into the trestleor container. The trestles or con- .tainers to be filled or supphed withcigaf rettes are arranged at an acute angle to the endless bandsupplying them in such a man nor that the cigarettes supplied by saidendless band are left to. iil11'llSQlV6S,1 in other words, inserted inseries above each other into the trestle positively moved along. A,

conveyor-slide inaybe arranged between the endless band supplying thecigarettes and the trestle or conta ner .to be filled, said i slideworking in such a manner that it receivesa series of cigarettes and.said. series supplied into. the trestle or container in the shape ot afull series of cigarettes.

The supplying apparatus mentioned abovecan be modified in such a inanner.that

a second endless band consisting of narrow lmnds, vi.res orthe like iscombined with or arranged.between the endless hand supplying thecigarettes and the'trestlc or container to be tilled with cigarettes.This second endless band co-acts together with a slide formed as a ragand inoved, on the one hand, vertically, and, on the other hand,horizontally in the direction of movement of the endless bandandtransvei'sally to said direction in such a manner that the slidelifts the cigarettes resting on the narrow bands, wires or the like anddelivers the.

rowsor series of cigarettes into a trestle or Borsbergstrasse, inDresden,

screw-spindle e guide-way 0 and canteinporarily. be re tated in anysuitable manner, so for i11 container during the insertion of the slidementioned. qThe object of the present invention is represented in thethawings tillllQXeCltO the description. 1 e

Figs. 1 and 2 represent in front elevation the iillingdevice for thetrestles or containers connected with a cigarette-machine, saidti'cstles or containers being filled with diiierent quantities ofcigarettes. Fig. 3 shows partott a side elevation of the wall of acontainer represented in Fig; 1. Figs.

4 and 5 represent in, longitudinal views two positions of thefeeding-device of the trestlcs or containers.

Figs. 6, '7 and 8 show in various positions the supply-slide receivingthe cigarettes intended to be introduced into the trestle or container.Figs. 9 and 10 area detailed arrangement for disengaging the projectionornose iisuallyholding the series of cigarettes resting ontheir supportprior to their insertion into the trestleor container. Figs. 11,12 and13 represent in plan and on a larger scale various modifications of thesupporting or conveyor-handy Figs 1% to 18 show in longitudinal andtransversal views a modified. form of theapparatus "for conveying thecigarettes in rows into the trestle or container, Figs. ,19 and 20 showanother arrangement for conveying the cigarettes placed in rows byasupport or,

conveyor formed of endless wires an'dnc tuated to be moved in ahorizontal plane and in front of thelongitudinal side of the trestle orcontainer 1 10111 which position the cigarette rows are conveyed bygrate-like supports into the container. I

a, Figs. 1 and 2, isthc endless band conveyinp, the cigarettesinanii'liactured in the machine to the trestles Ol' containers Z)-ivhich rest on an oblique guide-way c and are to he filled with saidcigarettes. A 18. arranged below the stance by a drive 0,. arranged inthe upper part of the trestle-frame. A stop f fastened to the front wallof each of as trestles or containers projects into the thread of thescrew spindle c in such a inanneiythat during the temporaryrotary-movement of the screw-spindle e the trestle or container Z) ispositively moved along for a defined length equal, for instance, to thethickness of a single cigarette. A longitudinal slot arranged within theguide-way 0 serves to guide the stop The length of the thread of thescrew spindle a can be such that after the filling of a trestle orcontainer with cigarettes, the stop fastened to said trestle isreleased, whereupon the trestle newly to be tilled and resting on thetrestle filled already with cigarettes is engaged with its nose 7 by thethread of the spindle c and is connected by its lower wall to theendless conveyor band a, Fig. 2.

The lower part of the guide-way 0 is formed as a hinged bottom Fig. 1,the closed-position of which can be ensured by a locking-device 71 Onplacing the filled trestle onto the bottom 5/, the latter can be openedafter releasingthe locl-zing-device 7L, viz, brought into the horizontalposition shown in Fig. 1. The filled trestle or container is removed andthe bottom 9 can be returned to its closed position in any suitablemanner.

For the purpose of permanently adjust ing the position of the stop f ofone trestle or container in front of the front end 01 beginning of thethread of the screw-spindle and ensuring, after having lilled onetrestle or container with cigarettes, the positive movement of a lengthequal to the thiclc ness of the neigg'hlmnred walls of the trestlessituated one above another, the spindle 0 can, on disengaging orreleasing; a trestle filled with cigarettes. additionally be rotated bythe screw-spindle by means of the mechanism represented by way ofexample in Figs. l and 5. The stop moved togctl'ier with thescrew-spindle 6 arranged on the trestle or container Z) takes. during;the lower part of its movement, with it the lever i and releases itagain after the stop f has left the screw-spindle e. The forwardextremity of the lever i is so shaped that a certain period will elapsebetween the release of the stop 7 from the screw-spindle e and therelease of the lever'i from the stop 7, said period being so measuredthat the lever 71 can move back at the end of the periodical rotationot' the screw-spindle. By pressing down the lever z the mechanism Z iswound up which is in connection with the screwspindle (3 through thetooth-wheels m and a clutch not shown in the drawing, for the rotationof the spindle mentioned in one di rection. During the backward movementof the lever 2' an additional rotary movement of the spindle e isobtained by the mechanism Z in such a manner that the stop stands infront of the front end or beginning of the thread and the trestles orcontainers are moved along in such a manner that the lower wall (Z ofthe trestle or container meets the endless conveyor band and thecigarettes left to themselves are inserted into the trestle or containerin rows or series during the positive longitudinal movement of saidtrestle or container.

According to the forms of constructum represented in Figs. 6to 8 asupply-slide is arranged between the endless band a con veying thecigarettes and the trestle or container b, said slide serving to receivethe cigarettes delivered by the endless band (1/ and to introduce orsupply the cigarettes resting on the supply-slide in the shape of acomplete series into the trestle or container. Said supply-slide can beformed by a band 16 of linen, steelplate or the like and tastened by oneof its extremities to a drum 1) being under spring-pressure. The forwardextremity of the slide mentioned is connected by a small projection 10to a suitably arranged lever-mechanism. The lat ter may consist of twolevers e0 10 the upper ends of which are bifurcated and act on lateralpins arranged on the projection 20, so that on the swinging movement ofsaid mechanism the band t is moved from its starting position, Fig. 6,into the trestle or container Z), Fig. 7.

The band 1 is provided with the stops it, e and arranged below aguide-way a, situated between the endless band a and the trestle orcontainer 7). said stops can be turned down and moved upward by asuitable device in such a manner that. after the introduction of: theband into the trestle or container 6, the stop it is laid down and thecigarettes resting on said hand 75 are in sorted into the trestle orcontainer during;-

vthe removing of the band from the latter.

The aforesaid device is shown in Figs. 9 and 10 in two differentpositions and in connection with the other parts of the trestle orcontainer. The stop a is fastened to a shaft 1& projecting above bothlongitudinal walls of the trestle. Two wheels a fastened on bothextremities of said shaft are in engagement with two racks a carrying ontheir lower ends the discs u". The racks a" are under spring-action andthe springs tend to permanently hold the racks in their upper positionso that the stop 7. is in its turned down position, Fig. 10. It it isintended to turn the stop a into its upward position (Fig. 9) twosuitable moving and swinging levers a press down the rams w, whereby thewheels and their shatts carrying them are rotated and the stop is turnedinto its upward position (Fig. 9) and the cigarettes resting on the bandare prevented from falling down into the trestle or container To enablethe band if to act together with the guide-ways s the latter can beshaped Ill] the length *of the-cigarettes. The -band t consists, in thiscase ot strips or wires guided on bothsides ct the guide-way .9.

(Fig. 11) and provided with two stops it, o fastened to them (Fig. 8)."It is not necessary to fasten the stops a to the hand 6 so as to beturned down; Said band can also be arranged in the middle of the guideway a, Fig. 12. In this case the band tis of a width smaller than thelength of the cigarettes and the gnide ways s are formed as a frame inthe middle opening; of which runs theband t.

In the constructionaccording to llig. 13 said frame istriturcatedrin.such a manner that two bands 25 run between threeguideways 3. h 9

It the guide-way s is in the shape of a complete surface of a widthcorrcsliiondingz to thelength of the cigarette, it isnprovided withslots for receiving and guiding the stopsn. Said stops are arranged tobe turned down and moved in such a manner that. during the backwardmovement of the band 2? into its startinp JOSlillOll the sto) tax issituated below the cigarettes resting on the guideway s and on reachingsaid starting position is turned upward, the band 1; simultaneouslyreceiving. the cigarettes to be inserted between the stops. In thiscase,

i the sto u can also be arrano'ed stationarilv, (5 i,

whereas the drum o and the guideroll o (Fig. 7) are arranged to be movedvertically and guidedin such a manner that during: the backward movementoi the band if to its starting position the stop a is situated below theguide-way 8.

Another modification of the trestle or container according,- to which asecond endless band, consisting of strips, wires or the like,

is arranged betweenthe endless band supplying or conveying thecigarettes and the trestle or container to be tilled with them shown inFigs. 14 to 18 in longitudinal section and transverse section. As seenfrom said figures, an endless band a", consisting of strips, Wires orthe like, is arranged behind} the endless band a; said second endlessband operates together with a slide z termed as a rake situated in itsstarting position below the upper strips, wires or the like of theendless band on. lhc

slide mentioned is vertically moved in any less band, so that the partstake the position shown in Figs. 15 and 17 In this. position the slideis situated in front of the open trestle or contamer.

a connection between the container 1 For the insertion vof thecigarettes. into theltrestleor container 6, a second horizontal movementisimparted to p e e '1/ at a right angle to thedirectionot the runningband.

e is a slide vertically movable which is situated in its lower positionin rear of the row of cigarettes, Fig. 1'1, and. whichon the rearwardmovement oi the slide 3 puts the cigarettes oil the latte R toeinsertthem.into

the trestle or container 6. It then the slide 11 is drawn or removedfrom the trestle or container Z), it ishorisontally moved. to theletthand side i.. e. in contrary tov the running movement of the endlessband Said cndlessaband being at rest again, the slide 7 is lowered andthen situated below the cigarettes running onto the endlessband Asclearly seen from the drawings, Figs. 14 to 18, ahorizontal movement ofthe slide g is given not only to place it in front oi the open trestleor container but also to allow it to place itself below the cigarettessupplied on the endless band when the slide moves backwards toitsstartinp; position.

Figs. 19 and 20 are'the plans correspondingto the longitudinalelevations shown in Fists. 1s and 15. y

" What I claim is: r

1. it filling); dcvicetor cirgarettemachines, comprising: a container,means for moving the container step by step, each step being a distancein accordance with the thickness of the individual cigarettes beinghandled, and means for inserting a layer of cigarettes into thecontainer at each movement of the latter.

2. A filling device for cigarette machines, comprising a container, anactuator for the container, :1 connection between the container andactuator, means tor imparting; intermittent movements to the actuator,and means for intermittently carrying layers of cigarettes into thecontainer.

3. In a filling device for cigarette machines, in combination, acontainer, an actuating device for said container adapted to move thelatter intermittently, means for transferring: successive layers ofcigarettes to the container until the latter is tilled, and meanswhereby the container is automatically released from its actuating meansafter it is filled.

4. In a filling device for cigarette machines, in combination, acontainer, a worm, and worm, means for imparting intermittent rotationsto the worm, means for carrying layers of cigarettes to the containerduring its intermittent movements by the worm, and automatic means forimparting an additional rotation to the worm, after the container isfilled, and to position a succeeding container.

5. In a filling device for cigarette machines, comprising a container,means. for imparting successive movements to the con tamer, means fortransferring successive series of cigarettes to the container, a guide-Way for the container, a door provided in the guideavay, and means forautomatically opening said door to eject the container when the latteris filled and ends its intermittent movements.

6. A filling device for cigarette machines comprising a container, aguide-Way tor the container, means for moving the containerintermittently in said guide-Way, means vtor automatically deliveringseries of layers of cigarettes to the container in its movements, saidmeans and the container being relatively supported at an angle so thatthe movement of the cigarettes into position Within the container isassisted by gravity.

7. A filling device for cigarette machines, comprising a container,means for movii'ig the same intermittently, means for convey ingsuccessive cigarettes to a given point, including a belt, a tableadapted to receive a series of cigarettes from the belt, and means fortransferring said series from the table to the container after amovement of the latter.

8. A filling device for cigarette machines comprising a container, areceiving table for a series of cigarettes, and means for transferringsaid cigarettes from the table to the container, said means including amovable supporting element for the cigarettes and having a stop forpreventing movement of the cigarettes in a given direction, and meansfor intermittently moving said stop into neutral position.

9. A filling device for cigarette machines, comprising a container,means for intermittently moving the container, means for transferring alayer of cigarettes to the con tamer atter each movement thereof, saidmeans comprising a band for supporting the layer of cigarettes and meansfor imparting endvvise and vertical movements to the band.

10. A filling device for cigarette machines comprising a movablecontainer, means for conveying successive cigarettes to a given point, areceiving table for a series of said cigarettes and having spacedsections, and a carrier adapted to periodically move through saidsections and transfer the cigarettes supported thereby to the container.

11. A. filling device for cigarette machines, comprising a container,means tor conveying successive cigarettes to a given point, a carrieradapted to receive a plurality of cigarettes from the conveyor, a stopcarried by the belt, means for moving the belt to the container, andmeans for moving the stop to neutral position whereby the cigarettes arereleased from the belt.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name this 28th day of May, 1924:.

EVVALD KOERNER.

